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0 pointshinkley1y ago0 comments

“The Floyd”?

Ironic that Have a Cigar was released four years before The Wall:

    The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think
    Oh, by the way, which one's Pink?

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cf100clunk1y ago

Sorry, I don't see the irony. Anyway, having ''The'' as an honourific for band names was commonplace in the UK prior to the '70s, even if the band's name had not been stylized with "The".

hinkleyOP1y ago

It takes exactly the same amount of time to say as “Pink”

DevKoala1y ago

“The Floyd” is the name a lot of people who worked with the band use, it shows up on many texts and other documentaries.

khazhoux1y ago

I'm going to listen to The Stones, then some Skynyrd, maybe put on some Zeppelin or the Dead.

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prepend1y ago

It’s a term of familiarity. I don’t think it’s about efficiency of speech. Nicknames aren’t always about shortening names.

Quekid51y ago

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kagakuninja1y ago

The band originally was The Pink Floyd (after changing their name from The Tea Set)

hinkleyOP1y ago

But never The Floyd. Just as the band isn’t named after a man called Pink.

tremon1y ago

Curveball, the band is named after a man called Pink!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Anderson and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Council

WolfCop1y ago

It was named after a man called Pink. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Anderson

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cf100clunk1y ago

s/never/commonly\, in the parlance of the time\,/

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0 pointshinkley1y ago0 comments

“The Floyd”?

Ironic that Have a Cigar was released four years before The Wall:

    The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think
    Oh, by the way, which one's Pink?

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cf100clunk1y ago

Sorry, I don't see the irony. Anyway, having ''The'' as an honourific for band names was commonplace in the UK prior to the '70s, even if the band's name had not been stylized with "The".

hinkleyOP1y ago

It takes exactly the same amount of time to say as “Pink”

DevKoala1y ago

“The Floyd” is the name a lot of people who worked with the band use, it shows up on many texts and other documentaries.

khazhoux1y ago

I'm going to listen to The Stones, then some Skynyrd, maybe put on some Zeppelin or the Dead.

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prepend1y ago

It’s a term of familiarity. I don’t think it’s about efficiency of speech. Nicknames aren’t always about shortening names.

Quekid51y ago

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kagakuninja1y ago

The band originally was The Pink Floyd (after changing their name from The Tea Set)

hinkleyOP1y ago

But never The Floyd. Just as the band isn’t named after a man called Pink.

tremon1y ago

Curveball, the band is named after a man called Pink!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Anderson and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Council

WolfCop1y ago

It was named after a man called Pink. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Anderson

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cf100clunk1y ago

s/never/commonly\, in the parlance of the time\,/

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse